ABC Family tries an Ozzy

First, MTV: Music Television made a family sitcom out of rocker OzzyOsbourne's home life.

Now ABC Family wants to turn an average Joe and his brood into a familycomedy. To that end, the Walt Disney Co.-owned channel is hatching realityseries My Life is a Sitcom.

The 13-episode series will begin with producers searching for the rightAmerican family to inspire a TV show. The chosen family will travel to LosAngeles to help cast, set and outfit the actors that will play each familymember in the sitcom.

The series will end with an airing of the pilot episode.

My Life is a Sitcom debuts in January 2003.

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